In the wake of both Coincheck’s hack–as well as a big one that hit the South Korean exchange Coinrail–governments in East Asia began to crack down. Over the course of a few months, China, Japan, and South Korea all announced different measures to better regulate crypto-trading. The world was watching to see if this new technology would hit the mainstream–and government crackdowns following gigantic hacks helped poison the public perception.
The reason behind such revolutionary growth is originally the team behind this project. Its impressive growth is evident from the fact that in just 1 month of launch, it has reached 45k holders and has already paid out $8 Million in reflection to holders of its native token, $EGC. With such an outstanding track record, the project has also clinched the market cap of $600 Million, which is remarkable.

Murder accused claims Arthur Labinjo-Hughes 'threw himself up wall, floor and door' before death
At the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018, more people–especially those in the mainstream finance world–were paying attention to bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading. And in early January 2018, the Japanese exchange Coincheck disclosed a hack worth a whopping $534 million. This happened right around the time that bitcoin slipped from its peak value, and it certainly seemed to accelerate its drop.